Corner and end post.



- 1; W. HANGER. CORNER AN D END POST. APPLICATION FIILED INK-3.3.1915.

Patented June 2 1916' I f n x 1 m h WITNESSES:

I A TTORNEYS 'I'NB COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60.. WASHINGTON D c JAMES WILLIAMnausea, or IQMACY, rnnrana.

(Joanna Ann END] POST.

Specification of Letters may ,Patented June 20, 1916.

Application filed August 3, 1915. Serial No. 43,391.

To all whom it may concern: 7 f

Be it known that I, JAMES W. HANGER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, anda resident of Macy, in the county of Miami. and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful .Improvement in Corner and End Posts, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in cornor and end posts with wiretighteners attached, and the invention has for its object to provideanew and improved construction of corner and end posts, having wiretighteners attached and designed for per-' -mitting the ends of wirefencing to be connected to the posts in such manner thatthe fence willbe held taut and upright, and

may be retightened to compensate forany stretching that may take place.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front view of one of the posts of atightener attached, Fig. 2 is a top plan View of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is apartial perspective View of the post and tightener attached.

In the present embodiment of the inven tion, the fence" is composed ofhorizontal wires 1, and vertical wires 2, the horizontal and verticalwires being interwoven or secured together in any suitable or desiredmanner at their intersection. The ends of the horizontal wires of theline of fence are connected to a panel or plate 3 of suitable material,as for instance, metal or wood of suflicient strength, and each of thesaid plates or panels 3 hasnear one edge a series of spaced openings 4for engagement by the ends of the horizontal wires 1. The ends of thesewires are passed through the openings 4:, and are twisted around thebody of the wire as indicated at 5, to prevent disengagement of the saidends.

Each of the posts is of angle material as shown, consisting of integralportions 6 and 6", arranged at approximately a right angle with respectto each other and each having at one end an integral web 7. The post isseated in the ground a sufficient depth, the end having the webs 7 beinginserted in the ground, and the post is arrangedwith the portions 6 and6 parallel with the planes of the respective strings or lengths of fencewhich they are to connect. I

It will'be understood that the improved post may be arranged either atthe corner, that is, the said posts may be usedto connect two lines offence extending at a right angleor theymay be used at the ends of asingle straight line of fence. In the former case the portions 6' and 6of the'post are parallel. with the planes of the respective lines offence, but offset inwardly with respect to these planes in such mannerthat were the wires 1 of the strings extended they would pass outside ofthe portions 6 and 6 of the post; In the latter instance, the post isarranged with one of the portions bearingthe above-mentioned relation tothe line of fence.

When used at the corner the post is braced .in both direction in themanner shown in Fig. 1, that is, an inclined brace 8 is arranged betweenthe post and a block 9, embedded in the ground." The upper end of thebrace is secured to the post, near the top.

An inclined strap bracelO is arranged between the brace 8 and the post.7 A rod 11 is arranged between the outer end of the brace 8 and theportion 6 ofthe post, this rod having at one end an eye 12, whichengages an opening in the vertical portion of the brace 8 near the block9, while the other end arrangedat the corner as shown in Fig. 2, r

where the second line of fence is designated at 1 and 2, the post willalso be braced against this second line 1 a of fence, and

in practically the same manner as it is braced against the line 1-2.

Each of the platesor panels 3 is provided in the opposite side edge fromthe openings 4 with a series of openings 14, and each opening 14 isengaged by an eye or hook 15 on one end of an eye'bolt 16. The other endof each eye bolt is passed through the extended end of a plate 17 whichis secured to the post by rivets or the like. Each of these plates 17 towhich'the line of fence 1 is connected is secured to the outer face ofthe portion 6 of the post, and the plate is of such length that it willextend transversely of this portion, and will extend beyond the portionat the portion 6, and the extender end has'an opening through which theextended end of the bolt is passed. A nut 18 is threaded on to the eyebolt at the outer face of the plate, and it will be evident that whenthe nuts 18 are tightened, the plate 3 will be drawn toward the post.The plates 17 for the line of fence 1 -2 are secured to the outer faceof the portion 6 of the post, in precisely the same manner as the plates17 on the portions 6.

In the present instance four bolts 16 are provided for each line offence, and the openings 11 in the plates 3 of the two lines are soarranged that they may engage their respective plates 17 with the upperend of the plate 3 flush with the top of the post. As many of the eyebolts 16 may be used as may be found advisable, but with a fence ofordinary height four bolts are sufficient to hold the fence firmly inplace.

In use, the post being seated and braced as shown and described, thebolts 16 are passed through the openings in the plates 17 and each boltis engaged by its nut 18 to hold it in place. Commencing now at eitherend, the nuts 18 are tightened, until there is suflicient tension of thewires 1 and 1 The fence is now complete, and should there be sagging forany reason this may be compensated for by turning the nuts 18 in theproper direction. The braces 8 and 10 are bolted to the post, and therods 16 are threaded throughout practically their entire length in orderto permit the greatest possible amount of adjustment.

I claim Means for stretching two sides of an in closing fence at thecorner, thesame consisting of a fixed angle post disposed with the angleformed between the wings facing inward, plates attached to the outerface of one of the wings and projecting outwardly beyond the outer faceof the second wing, other plates secured to the outer face of the secondwing and projecting beyond the outer face of the first mentioned wing,the

projecting ends of the two sets of plates having openings, two barshaving the ends of the respective sides of the fence attached thereto,longitudinally movable tensioning members mounted in the apertured endsof the two sets of plates and connected at their inner ends to therespective bars, and means coacting with the outer ends of thetensioning members and with the apertured ends of the respective platesfor moving the bars I and stretching the two sides of the inclosingfence. 7

, JAMES WILLIAM HANGER. WVitnesses:

KARL B. GAs'r,

NATHAN PERRY.

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' Washington, Dec.

